Madhya Pradesh Government Orders Major IAS Reshuffle; Rashmi Arun Shami Gets Additional Charge as Revenue Board Chairman

The Madhya Pradesh government has ordered a major reshuffle of IAS officers, assigning new responsibilities to senior bureaucrats.

Senior IAS officer Rashmi Arun Shami (1994 batch), Additional Chief Secretary, has been assigned additional charge as Chairman of the Revenue Board. Her responsibilities include the Public Health and Medical Education Department, the Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Food and Civil Supplies, and the Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal.

Sukhveer Singh (1997 batch) has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, holding additional charge of the latter. John Kingsley A.R. (2004 batch) has been posted as Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department.

At the district level, Usha Parmar (2011 batch) has been appointed Collector of Panna, while Rajesh Kumar Agore (2012 batch) takes charge as Collector of Mauganj. Somesh Mishra (2013 batch) has been posted as Director, AIDS Control Society, and Director, Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation, Bhopal.

Raghavendra Singh (2013 batch) has been appointed as Managing Director, State Agricultural Marketing Board-cum-Commissioner, Mandi; Pawan Kumar Jain (2013 batch) as Collector, Bhind; Arun Kumar Vishwakarma (2014 batch) as Collector, Jabalpur; Ashish Vashishtha (2014 batch) as Collector, Narmadapuram; Ankit Asthana (2014 batch) as Collector, Singrauli; and Aditya Singh (2014 batch) as Collector, Balaghat.

Raju Bafna (2014 batch) has been appointed Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Ujjain Division. Harsh Singh (2015 batch) will be the new Collector of Panna, while Sanjay Kumar Jain (2015 batch) has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Department.

Among the 2016-batch officers, Siddharth Jain has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Commercial Tax Department, and Kirti Lal Meena as Deputy Secretary, Finance Department. Gaurav Bainsal (2016 batch) has been posted as Deputy Secretary, General Administration Department, and Director, Employees Selection Board.

The 2017-batch officers have also received new assignments. Rohit Sisodia has been appointed Collector of Raisen, Vivek Kumar Collector of Burhanpur, Dr Parikshit Sanjayrao Jhadey Collector of Shajapur, and Kumar Satyam Collector of Harda.

Sandeep Kerekettu (2018 batch) has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Indore Development Authority, with the additional charge of Deputy Secretary to the state government.

K.C. Gupta (1992 batch) has been relieved of the additional charge of the Cottage and Village Industries Department and assigned additional charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection. Shobhit Jain (2000 batch) has been given additional charge of the Cottage and Village Industries Department.

Sanket S. Bhondve (2007 batch) has been assigned additional charge as Residential Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi. Swatantra Kumar Singh (2007 batch) gets additional charge of the Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion Department, while Bharat Yadav (2008 batch) has been given additional charge of the Public Relations Department.

Further changes include Abhay Arvind Bedekar (2014 batch) as Commissioner-cum-Director, Archaeology and Museums, Bhopal; Anshuman Raj (2020 batch) as Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation, and Mission Director, Samagra Samajik Suraksha Mission; and Madan Vibhishan Nagargoje (2007 batch) as Commissioner, Handicrafts and Handloom, with additional responsibilities.

Anupam Rajan (1993 batch) will be relieved of the additional charge of the Public Relations Department following Bharat Yadav taking over its charge. Nijan Mandloi (1993 batch) has also been relieved of the additional charge of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department.